Director Finance Business Partner Gas COO

About the Role

As Director, Finance Business Partnering - NY Gas Operations, you will lead financial partnership for NY Gas by translating operational plans into credible budgets, forecasts, performance insights, and executive decisions.

You will lead OPEX and CAPEX planning, QRF forecasting, workplan and headcount analysis, rate case and cost recovery support, efficiency validation, and financial performance reviews while coaching a team to deliver clear analysis, strong controls, and proactive problem solving.

Core

Purpose:

Connect NY Gas workplans, resources, OPEX, CAPEX, regulatory commitments, and performance results into clear financial decisions.

Primary stakeholders: NY Gas leadership, NY CFO and Finance leadership, Regulatory, Engineering, Operations, Capital Delivery, Planning, and FP&A.Leadership scope Lead and develop Finance Business Partners with clear standards for analysis, controls, stakeholder support, and problem solving.:

Success looks like Supportable plans, early visibility to risks and opportunities, validated efficiencies, and leadership discussions that result in decisions.

• Strategic Finance Leadership
• Advise NY Gas leaders on budget, forecast, workplan, headcount, capital, regulatory, and cost recovery decisions.
• Translate operational issues into financial impacts, risks, options, and recommended next steps.
• Challenge assumptions, validate narratives, and explain the “so what” behind financial results.
• Prepare concise materials for budget reviews, ORM/BRM discussions, QRF updates, capital reviews, and CFO/COO meetings.
• Investment, Capital and Portfolio Governance
• Lead NY Gas budgeting, QRF forecasting, SBP inputs, and monthly OPEX/CAPEX performance reviews.
• Review workplan units, headcount, labor, contractor spend, burdens, transportation, and rate impacts.
• Analyze monthly workplan unit delivery costs against planned costs and explain key variances.
• Reconcile financial submissions to operational assumptions so budget asks and variances are supportable.
• Drive commentary that quantifies drivers, identifies risks and opportunities, and assigns follow-up actions.

• Commercially curious
• Connects operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Clear communicator
• Explains drivers, impacts, risks, decisions, and next steps clearly.
• Constructive challenger
• Pushes for supportable assumptions, clear ownership, and credible explanations.
• Control minded
• Creates discipline around reconciliations, assumptions, documentation, and output quality.
• People developer
• Coaches the team to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve problems.
• Action oriented
• Moves issues to decisions with clear options, owners, deadlines, and follow-up.

Annual Salary

$201,000-$236,000

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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